All Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts are now available to Expedia and hotels.com customers.

Expedia, Inc. , the world's leading online travel company, today announced it has signed a strategic partnership with Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. The new relationship increases the breadth of offerings on Expedia.com(R), hotels.com(R) and all Expedia(R) points of sale worldwide by providing access to Shangri-La's distinctive hotels and resorts.

"Shangri-La hotels & resorts are synonymous with luxury and personalized care," said Cameron Jones, regional director of Expedia Asia Pacific. "Expedia is excited to offer our customers increased access to Shangri-La properties while working closely with Shangri-La to enhance and extend its brand across all of our points-of-sale."

The new agreement expands upon Expedia's industry-leading hotel selection in the rapidly growing Asia Pacific market and helps ensure customers receive the best rates at the hotel of their choice. As part of the agreement, Shangri-La gains access to marketing and merchandising opportunities across all Expedia brands while benefiting from exposure to the more than 60 million unique monthly visitors worldwide to Expedia, Inc.'s Web sites.

"Providing access to our hotel portfolio across Expedia, Inc.'s sites delivers additional convenience for our guests without sacrificing the personal touch and superior service they have come to expect from Shangri-La," said Martin F. Waechter, chief marketing officer of Shangri-La.